Pin-tailed Parrotfinch

About the Pin-tailed Parrotfinch

The pin-tailed parrotfinch is a common species of estrildid finch found in Southeast Asia: Malaysia, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Burma, Vietnam, Thailand and China. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 10,000,000 km2.

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Where the Pin-tailed Parrotfinch lives

Recorded as a rare visitor in China, Brunei.

When to see the Pin-tailed Parrotfinch

Peak activity in December · a resident species across most of its range

Easily confused with

Red-throated ParrotfinchErythrura psittaceaThe red-throated parrotfinch is a species of estrildid finch found in New Caledonia. Red-eared ParrotfinchErythrura coloriaThe red-eared parrotfinch is a species of estrildid finch endemic to Mindanao in the Philippines. Tawny-breasted ParrotfinchErythrura hyperythraThe tawny-breasted parrotfinch is a species of estrildid finch found in Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines.